Bishop Hobbies

10/16/2021 After 18 months, the monster is finished.  Actually I had a great time, the ship went together pretty much without any problems.  The material and plans were first rate.  The only thing I could fault is the castings as they aren't up to todays standards as fantastic results can be achieved with 3D printing.  I am really happy with the result and it looks great in my display room.

The finished size is:

1027 mm long, 443 mm wide, 863 mm high

These are the extras I've added:

custom made sails 

ships boats

ships flags

stern lanterns are 3-d printed

atlas (4) support stands

hull construction nails

cannon balls and storage frames

cherrywood parts

Parts from Syren:

all visible cannons and carriages

all blocks

all larger diameter ropes

upper deck hatches

belaying pins

On to the pictures….

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The finished pictures are HERE.

9/28/2021 I am now working on the rope coils that hang from the belaying pins.  Following are pictures describing how I make them up.

10/7/2021 Here is my jig to accurately drill the eyebolt holes in the hatches. I will also use it to position the hinges for gluing.

10/7/2012 Second post.  Here are some photos of the hinges being postitioned and glued with CA.  And yes, in the first two pictures I have the hatch upside donw.

10/10/2021 The gunport covers are now all installed. I had some concerns about how accurately I would be able to attach them, but it turns out the using a hole gauge that I made worked like a charm. Overall this has been a pleasant build. It was certainly attractive price-wise, but the metal castings are not up to todays standards of 3D modeling which makes the whole stern section seem clunky. I plan on displaying the ship so it will be viewed from the port side towards the bow. It is really exciting to be near the end and see everything taking on its final form; when finished I think I will be very pleased with the outcome. That said it's been a long 18 months and I'm really ready to move on to another project.

10/14/2021   The SL is now mounted on my display base, I still have to epoxy the 4 Atlas figures between the base and hull to steady things.  After that I still need to finish the rudder & attach it.  The end is near!!